SPECIES HOSTAS

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• Subgenus-  Hosta
• 1.  H. plantaginea


• Subgenus-  Bryocles
• Section  Eubryocles
• 2.   H. ventricosa
• 3.  H. albofarinosa (sectional placement uncertain)


• Section  Lamellatae
• 4.  H. venusta
• 5.  H. minor
• 6.  H. capitata
• 7.  H. nakaiana


• Section  Arachnanthae
• 8.  H. yingeri
• 9.  H. laevigata


• Section  Stoloniferae
• 10.  H. clausa


• Subgenus-  Giboshi
• Section  Helipteroides
• 11.  H. montana
• 12.  H. nigrescens
• 13.  H. fluctuans
• 14.  H. crassifolia


• Section  Intermediae
• 15.  H. densa
• 16.  H. kiyosumiensis
• 17.  H. pachyscapa


• Section  Rynchophorae
• 18.  H. kikutii
• 19.  H. shikokiana


• Section  Picnolepis
• 20.  H. longipes
• 21.  H. aequinoctiiantha
• 22.  H. hypoleuca
• 23.  H. okamotoi
• 24.  H. pulchella
• 25.  H. pycnophylla
• 26.  H. rupifraga
• 27.  H. takiensis


• Section  Tardanthae
• 28.  H. tardiva
• 29.  H. cathayana
• 30.  H. gracillima
• 31.  H. jonesii
• 32.  H. takahashii
• 33.  H. tibae
• 34.  H. tsushimensis


• Section  Nipponosta
• 35.  H. sieboldii
• 36.  H. atropurpurea
• 37.  H. calliantha
• 38.  H. clavata
• 39.  H. ibukiensis
• 40.  H. rohdeifolia f. viridis
• 41.  H. longissima
• 42.  H. rectifolia
• 43.  H. alismifolia

Source:
W. George Schmid,
"List of Hosta Species",
© 1991, 2009

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